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  • eddie DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cowboys
Draft Selections
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (DAL)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (DAL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (DAL)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (DAL)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (IND)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (ARI)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Players Gained
Head Shot
Blake Freeland
OT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesC FutureA
The Cowboys kept it disciplined and banked a B.

It is a puzzling start. The Cowboys had quarterback and tight end to solve and reached instead for Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE, at the Round 3 slot. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Jones. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. Flax has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick56 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A straight-up fair deal on T'Vondre Sweat at pick 56, value and slot in agreement. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick82 Rnd3 Ricky Pearsall
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ricky Pearsall in pick 82. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick90 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A curious use of the 90th pick. Quarterback and tight end needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick117 Rnd4 DJ James
Nothing to complain about; DJ James went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick124 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
They paid sticker price for Justin Eboigbe in the 124th overall pick, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick133 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine is a better player than slot 133 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick174 Rnd5 Cody Schrader
Cody Schrader slid further than he should have, and Round 5, Pick 38 is lovely value for the running back. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick212 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones slipping to No. 212 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jeremy Flax
They jumped the gun on Jeremy Flax, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick245 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Fair-plus on Nathaniel Watson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.